Finally finished something.

[MikeMac]

Long time lurker, first time poster. (try not to be too harsh)

[Andy]

Curly cottonwood, eh? I never would have thought that would make pretty wood, but the lid of your box sure is beautiful! Keep up the good work, Andy

[Mike W.]

Wow... the figure in that wood is something to behold.

Nice Job.

Mike W.

MikeMac wrote:

[Squarei4dtoolguy]

Yeah, I've got some cotton wood somewhere,, I don't remember where. I thought it was pretty much junk. but now,,,,

Tom in KY, something new, something cool. Nice work Mike Mac!

[Robatoy]

I bet that depth is just incredible when looked at in stereo.

On a scale from 1 to 10, it's a solid A.

Nice!

r

[Lee Michaels]

Tell us about how you got the piece of cottonwood. The only cottonwood I have ever dealt with was just soaking in water and took a year to dry enough for firewood! I never heard about anybody using it for fine woodworking. But I am in the Pacific Northwest too.

Another comment about your web page. Jewelry is spelled with just one l and without the extra e. Jewelry, instead of Jewellery

Good looking stuff. I presume that the wife is pleased.

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:38:02 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "MikeMac" quickly quoth:

and finish the mortises, then reinstall the hinges. Kudos.

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[Sonny]

Very nice. I'm sure someone will appreciate all your efforts.

Many here, as well, generally consider cottonwood as firewood. There are many wood types that people don't pay attention to, because the types have become rare as per commercial usage. I have a nearby sawmill available to me and have often had logs milled: Magnolia has green streaks in the grain; Catalpa is often patterned really nice and is a fairly dense wood; Eastern Red Cedar is a favorite of mine; Red Maple can be burled, curly or birdseye; Pecan and hickory are somewhat comparable to one another; and Persimmon is a type of ebony..... to name a few. Our propensity for hurricanes has, in the past, made access to these trees all the more easy for me, and usually free for the taking. Don't be hesitant to "experiment" with not-so-normal of wood types!

[Bugs]

The Cottonwood reminds me of the old story about the guy who went to Alaska and wanted to build a cabin. He consulted with an old Sourdough about the construction. The old timer's final advice was, "Whatever you do, don't use Cottonwood, cuz a 12" log will shrink 2" a year for fourteen years!"

Let us know how your nice piece of work ages. Bugs

p.s. There are a lot of sharp tongues on this board, but all but the trolls have good hearts.

[Andy Jeffries]

In the UK he had it spelt correct - and man does it look odd seeing "jewelry" LOL!!!

Are you a brit-abroad, Mike?

Cheers,

Andy

[Swingman]

According to Webster's on-line dictionary:

"Jewellery": One entry found for jewellery.

Main Entry: jew·el·lery chiefly British variant of JEWELRY

[Tom Banes]

Mike:

A really awsome piece of wood and some nice work to make it look right. Well done!

Regards.

Tom

(Box maker, gambler, and general neer-do-well)

[Oleg Lego]

The Sonny entity posted thusly:

An uncle of mine made a clock using primarily Juniper wood, and man, was it nice! Reminded me of Tennessee Red Cedar.

[Rob Mitchell]

Actually, it is Jewellery, according to the OED. The OED mentions that a common American spelling is Jewelry.

No matter the spelling, that is one fine looking piece of wood.

[OneThou]

Very nice work Mike. As mentioned, the depth is great. I did one 2 weeks ago very similar in design, a bit smaller on the opener "handle", I like your slightly larger size handle. Hope the following URL works, have not tried this before:

= figured maple, mortise and tenon construction Legs = cocobolo Lid = Rosewood with MOP inlay, brass pin hinges

[OneThou]

Prior link didn't work - try this one

[MikeMac]

UK..? sheesh.. try Canadian ;) s'ok... we spell everything weird.

Thanks everyone for the comments... great inspiration to get started on something else!

Mike

[Oleg Lego]

The OneThou entity posted thusly:

MOP?

[Oleg Lego]

The OneThou entity posted thusly:

[Brooks Moses]

Mother of pearl, I presume.

- Brooks